Jiepmaluokta
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Jiepmaluokta or Hjemmeluft (Norwegian
) is a bay in the municipality of Alta
in Norway
. It is the main site for the rock carvings at Alta
with about 3000 individual carvings (petroglyphs).
Hjemmeluft is an often used example for how the Norwegenization of the indigenous Sami language names in Northern Norway have often created meaningless names. In Sami language the name Jiepmaluokta is "bay of seals" while the Norwegian name Hjemmeluft is an adaption of the Sami name and is translated to "home air".
The ending -luft (air) comes from the accusative and genitive form of the Sámi noun luokta (bay) : "luovtta" which is pronounced "luofta". The Norwegian version's hjemme- (home) may indicate that at an earlier stage the toponym was Jiemmaluokta - the difference being that jipema is rendered in genitive, making the name mean "seal's bay".
There is also another place in Finnmark
County called Jiemmalukota. In Norwegian, that place is called Saraby and lies in Kvalsund
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Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
) is a bay in the municipality of Alta
Alta, Norway
-Birdlife:For those interested in bird watching, the river outlet, known locally as Altaosen is well worth a visit. This tidal area is used as a stopover for many wetland species.-Transportation:...
in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is the main site for the rock carvings at Alta
Rock carvings at Alta
The Rock art of Alta are located in and around the municipality of Alta in the county of Finnmark in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1972, more than 6000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta...
with about 3000 individual carvings (petroglyphs).
Hjemmeluft is an often used example for how the Norwegenization of the indigenous Sami language names in Northern Norway have often created meaningless names. In Sami language the name Jiepmaluokta is "bay of seals" while the Norwegian name Hjemmeluft is an adaption of the Sami name and is translated to "home air".
The ending -luft (air) comes from the accusative and genitive form of the Sámi noun luokta (bay) : "luovtta" which is pronounced "luofta". The Norwegian version's hjemme- (home) may indicate that at an earlier stage the toponym was Jiemmaluokta - the difference being that jipema is rendered in genitive, making the name mean "seal's bay".
There is also another place in Finnmark
Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
County called Jiemmalukota. In Norwegian, that place is called Saraby and lies in Kvalsund
Kvalsund
Kvalsund is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kvalsund. Kvalsund was separated from the municipality of Sørøysund on 1 July 1869....
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